Harry Tanfield
British cyclist (born 1994)
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Harry Tanfield (born 17 November 1994) is a British cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Saint Piran.
Great Ayton, England[1]
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| Full name | Harry Tanfield | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 November 1994 Great Ayton, England[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 79.5 kg (175 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Saint Piran | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2013 | Velo 29–Blackhawk | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | CT 2020 Brugge | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | KTM–Road and Trail.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | JLT–Condor | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Pedal Heaven | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Bike Channel–Canyon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Team Katusha–Alpecin[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | AG2R La Mondiale[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Team Qhubeka Assos | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Ribble Weldtite | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | TDT–Unibet Cycling Team[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Saint Piran | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
Tanfield grew up in Great Ayton in Yorkshire, England.[5] He attended Stokesley School.[6]
Career
Tanfield rode for JLT–Condor in 2015 and Pedal Heaven in 2016, before joining Bike Channel–Canyon for the 2017 season.
At the British National Track Championships, Tanfield finished third as part of the men's team pursuit and second in the men's omnium.[7]
He won a Silver medal in the Commonwealth Games in the Men's Individual Time Trial.[8][9]
On 3 May 2018 he won the opening stage of the Tour de Yorkshire road race, from Beverley to Doncaster.[10] Later in May, Tanfield won consecutive rounds of the Tour Series criterium competition in Aberystwyth and Stevenage, and was part of the Canyon Eisberg team that won the series overall.
In August 2018 it was announced that Tanfield would step up to the UCI World Tour for 2019, signing a two-year contract with Team Katusha–Alpecin.[11] He left the team after one season, and joined AG2R La Mondiale for the 2020 season.[3] In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España.[12] After his contract was not extended into 2021, Tanfield initially announced his intention to join Ribble Weldtite in November 2020,[13] but the following month, he signed a contract to remain at World Tour level, with Team Qhubeka Assos.[14] In 2022 Tanfield signed with the british team Ribble Weldtite.
Personal life
His brother Charlie Tanfield, who is two years younger than him, is also a medal winning cyclist.[15]
Major results
Road
- 2012
- 2nd Overall National Junior Series[16]
- 2014
- 5th Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
- 2015
- 3rd Rutland–Melton CiCLE Classic
- 2016
- 1st Stage 7 Tour of Poyang Lake
- 2017
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Quanzhou Bay
- 2nd National Criterium Championships
- 2nd Antwerpse Havenpijl
- 5th Time trial, National Championships
- 5th Duo Normand (with Charlie Tanfield)
- 6th Hong Kong Challenge
- 9th Memorial Van Coningsloo
- 10th Ronde van Overijssel
- 2018
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Yorkshire
- Tour Series
- 1st Aberystwyth
- 1st Stevenage
- 2nd
Time trial, Commonwealth Games - 2nd Time trial, National Championships
- 2nd Ronde van Overijssel
- 2nd Midden–Brabant Poort Omloop
- 2019
- 3rd
Team relay, UCI World Championships - 2021
- National Championships
- 2022
- 2nd Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
- 9th Ronde van de Achterhoek
- 2023
- 1st Heusden Koers
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
Track
- 2018
- UCI World Cup
- 1st Team pursuit, Minsk
- 2nd Team pursuit, Milton
- National Championships